St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-10
CLARA BELLIES CHAT.
Studies in Spring Millinery and Other
Intricate Feminine Subjects of
Peculiar Interest.
Bonnets Do Not Have Direct Harmony
With Heads The Careless
Girls Hat
a New York Damsel and Her Stun
ming Stockings--A View From
the Union Club Window.
Surprised BY Her Ma While Out With
Pontet Canet-- styles for the
Summer.

NEW Ohh, "a pm 4.
After looking around at the new millin-
cry | feel bound to write:
The bonnet that blooms in the spring. tra-la,
Has nothing to do with the face.
For the good rule of adapting ones mil
llnery to ones phiZ seems to be abandoned.
The new bonnetS rise stiff and narrow from
the top OF the head. with no reference to
the entire outline produced. That is alto
gether wrong. Still, there is beauty i'll
plenty to view.
THE OPENINGS
OF the retail dry-goods houses are occurring
daily at present. The capricious weather
does not prevent their being well attended.
In TACT there are never large throngS seen
at these openings And whether 1.-The
times" are hard" or easy" the ladies
always seem to have plenty of money to
spend for pretty things-pretty bonnets,
pretty frocks, pretty wraps and pretty
accessories to the toilet. They have
a large field to choose from this
spring. Hats remain high, but are not
higher than those of last season, and there
is disposition TO make the brims less &c
centric. The trimmings are massed in front
or on one side, and are mostly of ribbon.
There are fewer feathers used upon them
and no birds as yet. Bonnets are still very
small have very high crowns and are made
to look pyramidal by the high loops of rib
bon, the pOmpOns of feathers and flowers.
and all the trimmings being placed directly
on the top OF in front of
THE HIGH GROWN.
The brims are all very small and close,
and there is greater latitude than ever in
the colors and combinations of the materi-
ais in the bOnnetS of the season. They glow
with mingled tints of heliotrope, blue
rose, tilleul. scarlet, pale green, moss green.
serpent OF cobra and rich tones of yellow,
garnet and brown. The new colOrs, shapes
and trimming materials seen on the hats
| and bonnets are as varied, unique and artis-
tic as the most eXacting taste could demand.
The bright scarletS and pinks, the cobra OF
serpent blues, the new moss shades, the
combinations of heliOtrope and blue, pink
or rose and primrose and yellow, the deli
cate new mauve and Ophelia and Pasme
shades are displayed in the flowers, the
pompons, the new plain ribbons; in the
new gauzes and crepes, and lisses, silks,
yelyets, pushes StraWS and novelty braidS
OF the new bonnets and hats. The hats
are all as high as the fashion demands, and
trimmed in style to make
A PRETTY WOMAN WILD WITH DELIGHT
and to drive theater-going men to distrac-
ton. The bonnetS are scarcely less tall,
and are trimmed to make them as tall and
as maddening as the hats. The coronet is
feature Of the new spring bonnetS. Curl
OuSly enough there is one especial thing, a
cross between hat and bonnet, and called
a reverser, which has been distinctvely
| adopted by girls careless enough to frequent
the music gardens. Moreover. it is as
much hat as aNbonnet, and vice versa-a
real curio. 1t may be simply reverse of
straw, or Of beads, or velvet ornamented
with beads, or else of fine flowers massed
together without foliage. Some lower
crowned bonnets are shown, the crowns be-
ing Of silk or lace or of beads, with brims
OF straw OF beaded. There are also hand
kerchief crowns in soft folds, with some OF
the corners turned up in points in front.
ONE LOVELY BONNET
OF geranium-cOlored straw is dazzling with
It's ties of narrow picOt-edged ribbons in
| geranium and mousse shades. The orna-
| mentatiOn consists of mass of we'll
matched field flowers and grasses, and the
front is finished with facing of gilt cord.
Another beauty is Theodore" shape in
two-toned chip, outside cream color and in
side black, caught up on one side with a
large jet ornament. Over the corner an en-
broidered lisse handkerchief is spread,
| fastened with Rhine stones. Green velvet
ribbons and full black pompon complete
the effects. In small hats an Imre poke is
the latest arrival. One fine example of
this style is made of light ecru straw, EN-
tirely covered with tiny rosebuds and leaves,
further decorated with loops of maize rib
bon and reseda velvet. An entirely new
shaped turban is the Juvan, the sides of
which are to suit the taste.
Ibegin to believe the present generation Of
| girls are mo good" In an honrs ride
with party of schoolmates l gotmore
points on the pace of the girl of the period
and greater insight into latter day char
acter than many people possess.
| The conversation turned on
| STOCKINGS.
The damsels were from 16 to 10 years OF
! ND init i,a..nStCd .,,itL